Get a grip

You know in the good old days. Now that is a saying I never use. But any way. I do remember the way politics was played for many years. It was played in this manner by both sides with varying degrees of success.

The opposite side would take something the other side believed, said and twisted and exaggerated it to sound horrible.

Some where along the line there is no longer a need to find that initial strand of truth to exaggerate about. I just heard on right wing radio that President Obama was afraid to make a statement about the hostage situation at sea because he was afraid to offend the king of Saudi Arabia, and that we should invest more in hybrid boats so the hijackers wouldn't run out of fuel. The sad thing is that there appears to be a audience of about 28% of the American population that is susceptible to this kind of dribble.